Conflict Resolution in XML - Forms For All
http://www.idealliance.org/proceedings/xml04/abstracts/paper191.html

Nichols, Thomas, Nigel Whitaker and Robin La Fontaine
IDEAlliance
2004

Abstract:

Conflict resolution is required wherever we have multiple concurrent changes to a single information set. In practical terms this applies, for example, to concurrent editing environments, to replicated database instances which are being updated independently, to address-book changes on a PDA that must be merged into a master database that has itself been changed. Resolving these conflicts very often requires human intervention. This paper looks at the use of XML forms of various types to reduce the drudgery involved and to take advantage some of the greatest strengths of XML, using pipelining and easily-understood representations to allow a decision-maker to work with minimal drag.